Deployment of the barrageballoons was organised under the aptly-named RAFBalloon Command, who also trained the operating crews. Balloons were launched from both fixed and mobile sites, (i.e. the backs of modified trucks), in addition to being launched at sea to protect naval vessels.

To give an idea of the size: The most common Britishbarrageballoon, known as the 'LZ', ('Low Zone'), was approximately 62 feet long and had a maximum diameter of 25 feet.

Although use of the barrageballoon declined after World War II, the spectre of 9/11 has resurrected interest since they represent a cheap, reliable and easily deployable method of protecting static targets.